One way to solve the Immigration crises

Wall Street Journal: Spanish Downturn Sparks Immigrant Exodus 

When Spain's construction-dependant economy cratered amid the global financial crisis, the government sharply curtailed foreign-worker recruitment programs, limited family reunifications and stiffened penalties on employers of illegal immigrants. Spain created a Voluntary Return Program, paying accumulated unemployment benefits as an incentive to get legal immigrants to go home.
Immigrants have borne the brunt of job losses and their unemployment rate has shot up to 30%, from 12% in 2007, compared with the 20% national average.
Ecuadoran fisherman Gustavo Luzuriaga had been in Spain seven years, but he returned home last year after he couldn't find work on a boat. "Everything had gone sour there, and there was not much hope for the future," he said.

Immigrants come to a new country because they seek opportunity driven by the demand for their labor.  We often loose sight of this fact when discussing the issue here in America.  Most of the debate is centered around language and culture.  But it's often superficial I'm not concerned if people enjoy soccer and eat burritos but rather if they subscribe to the American tradition of liberty and are willing to work to become productive citizens.

I do think its important to enforce the law but lets ensure the law meets the needs of the country.  We shouldn't force talented engineers educated in American universities to migrate to Canada or Australia if they are willing to pledge the fidelity to the republic.  Nor should we allow crops to rot in the fields or migrants trampling private property in boarder communities when when we could create an orderly process.  What we desperately need in Washington is leadership and debate that is not focused on platitudes and fear.

How NOT to win friends and influence people

A New Democratic ad for the fall has angered Hispanic groups by comparing illegal immigration to the threats of terrorism and North Korea's expanding nuclear arsenal. Unfortunately the ad was pulled before I could see it but some of the text is in the article. The ad is blatantly false, how is bush responsible for Nuclear technology that the previous administration transferred to Kim Jong Il in an attempt to broker a deal? This type of spin is just not effective anymore.